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First, I want to set out our plans for the holiday season. There will be a break next week (26th December) and the next full issue of the newsletter will be on 2nd January, so this is the last issue of the year. We always promise “a minimum of 48 issues per year” and this … Read more
JCDecaux has announced plans to install eight new 80″ LCD displays in St. Pancras station, London. The screens, with 1920 x 1080 resolution, will complement JCDecaux’s existing Transvision large-format signage in St. Pancras.
JCDecaux Ireland has begun the rollout of a digital advertising network in St Stephen’s Green shopping centre in Dublin. It is one of six shopping centres that are part of the rollout; the others are Frascati in Dublin (this month), Eyre Square Galway, MacDonagh Junction Kilkenny (late January) Douglas Village Cork and Scotch Hall Drogheda … Read more
XOEye Technologies has raised $1.5 million in a Series A funding round. The money will help to transition XOEye from a research and development operation into a fully operational company. XOEye Technologies offers a cloud-based mobile device management platform that this year was extended to include a wearable safety glass headset. This device claims to … Read more
It has been reported that touch panel maker Wintek is to withdraw from touch panel manufacturing and switch to LED lighting and biotech food products. The reports came after Wintek announced that it would be laying-off a further 2,360 employees, having last week cut 610 jobs (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 48). The company is … Read more
With video streaming being one of the hottest topics in the home entertainment world these days, the lawsuit of Max Sound Corporation against Google over video compression software has raised one or two eyebrows. This lawsuit follows a preliminary injunction against Shenzhen KTC Technology Co. Ltd and Pact Informatique SA, France against selling its Android-based … Read more
JCDecaux, in partnership with Royal Bafokeng Holdings, a community-owned investment company, is to acquire Africa’s Continental Outdoor Media. The company operates in 14 countries throughout Africa. JCDecaux already has operations in South Africa, Algeria and Cameroon and through this acquisition will now have reach in 13 new countries.
Dixons Carphone has released its results for the first half of the year and the first since the merger of the two companies was completed in the summer (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 32). The company said that pre-tax profit rose 30% year on year to £78 million ($122.4 million). Profits are compared with Carphone … Read more
Silicon Image has announced the release of MHL products for the automotive markets. MHL has become a connection of choice for many automotive infotainment systems. With over 650 million devices featuring MHL connectivity, the interface allows the connection of smartphones with the automotive based system.Silicon Image has now released two receivers supporting up to 4k … Read more
The eRetail Sales Index by IMRG Capgemini has shown that the UK’s online sales increased 37% MoM and 20% YoY in November. Representing the largest October-to-November increase in the 14-year history of the Index (and largest YoY rise in 2014), sales jumped to £12.1 billion ($19 billion). A high level of trade on Black Friday, … Read more
Despite Black Friday promotions, high street footfall in the UK was down 4% YoY in November. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard found that overall footfall was down 2.4%; shopper numbers fell 2.1% in shopping centres and rose 0.8% in retail parks. Early December data is also available. Footfall was down 0.4% in the … Read more
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